WASHINGTON, D.C. — After weeks of testimony, the federal hearing that could reshape the future of the U.S. cannabis industry has officially ended. Now marijuana businesses across Michigan and Ohio are waiting to learn whether the biggest federal cannabis policy change in more than 50 years will finally become reality—or whether the process will drag
A MITechNews series examining the technology, infrastructure and policies shaping Michigan's energy future. LANSING — Michigan regulators on Thursday launched a statewide investigation into how the state's three largest electric utilities responded to the powerful July 3 storms that left hundreds of thousands of customers across the Lower Peninsula without electricity during one of the
LANSING – The Whitmer administration has approved key environmental permits for Enbridge's proposed Great Lakes Tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac, marking one of the biggest regulatory victories yet for the controversial Line 5 project while setting the stage for another round of legal and political battles. The Michigan Line 5 tunnel permit approval is
Image credit: Unsplash Taking an e-commerce business beyond your home country is a big step. It turns a local success into a global brand. While there's huge potential for growth, the operational challenges also grow. To scale successfully, you need to do more than just translate your website. You have to completely rethink your logistics
ANN ARBOR - Google Wallet's new TSA PreCheck Touchless ID feature marks another step toward a day when travelers may leave home carrying little more than their smartphones—while raising important questions about privacy and cybersecurity. DETROIT — The next time you fly out of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, you may not need to pull
Most people never check what a shipping label actually costs until they're staring at one on a checkout screen. For an occasional package, that's fine — a few extra dollars barely register. But for anyone sending parcels regularly, whether that's a small store fulfilling orders or a person mailing packages home from the US on
LANSING - Nearly 500,000 Michiganders already work in what state officials define as the mobility economy—a fast-growing sector that reaches far beyond the automobile industry to include artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, drones, robotics, maritime technologies, aerospace, defense and advanced manufacturing. The Michigan mobility economy has quietly become one of the state's largest employment sectors. The
Industry 4.0 has transformed how manufacturers think about productivity. Connected machinery, industrial Internet of Things sensors, robotics, predictive maintenance, machine vision, and artificial intelligence have enabled facilities to monitor production with a level of precision that would have seemed impossible only a decade ago. Manufacturers now collect millions of operational data points every day, allowing
DETROIT — Michigan's largest employers are growing more cautious about the economy, but they're not yet hitting the brakes on hiring, capital investments or their long-term commitment to the state. A new second-quarter survey from Business Leaders For Michigan found CEO optimism declined sharply compared with the previous quarter as executives weighed continuing uncertainty surrounding
A Forbes profile of Lume CEO David Morrow highlights a broader transformation as branding, customer analytics, artificial intelligence and operational efficiency become the new competitive advantages in America's most competitive cannabis market. ANN ARBOR — When Michigan legalized recreational cannabis, success often came down to three things: obtaining a license, building cultivation capacity and growing
